Highway robber

A pattern which can absorb a glider from the edge of a salvo along which many gliders are moving along close parallel lanes. A p46 example can use the twin bee shuttle's ability to reflect gliders from the edge of a salvo.

Below is a stable highway robber with repeat time 878.

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A repeat-time 878 stable highway robber in perpetual motion. It has a MWSS output. (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

See also

• Tub-with-tail eater

External links

• Dave Greene (January 22, 2007). "Stable pseudo-Heisenburp device and other P1 wiring projects". Retrieved on September 11, 2014.